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Fenton Art Glass
The Fenton Art Glass Company was organized in April 1905 in Martins Ferry Ohio. Fenton Still produces top quality glass to this day. We deal mainly with early Fenton Art glass, Opalescent Glass and Carnival Glass. In 1970 Fenton started to mark their glass with the Fenton name embossed in an oval. This was so that collectors could tell the difference between new and old as they were reintroducing some of their older patterns. In the late 1970's collecting Fenton became so popular that a club was organized and is still going strong today. The Fenton Museum, Dedicated to Fenton Glassware and other glass companies in the Ohio Valley was opened in 1977 at the Fenton Factory. The Fenton Glass Company has survived tragedies, the great Depression,and recessions to become the Pre-eminent hand made glass factory respected world wide. Most of the Fenton Glassware you will find in our shop is pre 1970.
See the bottom of this page for a more complete history of the Fenton Art Glass Company. Also we have placed a list of the Fenton Collectors Clubs that we know of at the bottom of this page.
All items on this page are in good condition with no chips or cracks unless otherwise stated in the discription. Newly listed items are added at the top of the list.
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Description: Fenton Hand painted Black Rose (peach crest with ebony edge) 9" vase. Has original sticker loose inside and is signed on the bottom " Hand painted by J. Greenlees", also signed in green on the bottom "Frank M. Fenton, George W. Fenton, Thomas K. Fenton, Michael D. Fenton". In very good condition.
Inventory #MS-70105
Price $ 110.00 + S/H/I ORDER Contact Us
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Description: Fenton Hand painted peach crest 9" pitcher. Hand painted ivy and small flowers. In very good condition with wear to the gold paint.
Inventory #MS-70106
Price $ 125.00 + S/H/I ORDER Contact Us
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Description: Fenton blue overlay 9" jug. In good condition. Made in the 1940's.
Inventory #MS-70108
Price $ 70.00 + S/H/I ORDER Contact Us
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Description: Fenton Rose overlay 9" jug. In good condition. Made in the 1940's.
Inventory #MS-70109
Price $ 70.00 + S/H/I ORDER Contact Us
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Description: Fenton peach crest 5" vase, mold # 192. In good condition. Made between 1941 - 1967.
Inventory #MS-70110
Price $ 28.00 + S/H/I ORDER Contact Us
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Description: Fenton peach crest hat 4" vase, mold #124. In good condition with a couple flakes of factory dirt in the glass. Made between 1941 - 1967.
Inventory #MS-70112
Price $ 35.00 + S/H/I ORDER Contact Us
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Description: Fenton cranberry opalescent 5" lamp shade with a 2-1/8" fitter. In good condition.
Inventory #MS-70113
Price $ 55.00 + S/H/I ORDER Contact Us
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Description: Fenton Peach crest 7" bowl. In good condition. Made between 1941 - 1967.
Inventory #MS-70114
Price $ 42.00 + S/H/I ORDER Contact Us
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Description: Fenton emerald green opalescent hobnail 8" bud vases. For sale by the piece. In good condition. Made between 1959 - 1961.
Inventory #MS-70115
Price $ 37.50 each + S/H/I ORDER Contact Us
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Description: Fenton blue opalescent hobnail glass 4.5" basket. In good condition. Made between 1939 - 1961.
Inventory #MS-70116
Price $ 40.00 + S/H/I ORDER Contact Us
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Description: Fenton milk glass daisy and button shoe. Signed with the embossed fenton logo. In good condition.
Inventory #MS-70117
Price $ 5.00 + S/H/I ORDER Contact Us
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Description: Fenton milk glass hobnail candy dish. In good condition. Signed with the embossed fenton logo.
Inventory #MS-70119
Price $ 12.00 + S/H/I ORDER Contact Us
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Description: Fenton milk glass hobnail candle holder. In good condition. Signed with the embossed fenton logo.
Inventory #MS-70120
Price $ 15.00 + S/H/I ORDER Contact Us
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Description: Fenton blue opalescent daisy and button 5" hat vase. In good condition with slight roughness to the bottom edge.
Inventory #MS-70121
Price $ 22.00 + S/H/I ORDER Contact Us
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Description: Fenton cranberry opalescent daisy & fern barber bottle with stopper. Fenton made these for the L.G. Wright company. In great condition.
Inventory #MS-3305-FOG
Price $ 375.00 + S/H/I ORDER Contact Us
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Description: Fenton blue opalescent coin dot lamp. In good gondition.
Inventory #MS-3306-FAG
Price $ 135.00 + S/H/I ORDER Contact Us
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Description: Fenton Cranberry Opalescent Coin Dot Vase #1440. Very interesting shape, its like a lamp shade without the bottom cut out. It stands 6 inches tall and is 7 inches across. Wonderful condition.
Inventory # MS 4327
Price $185.00 + S/H/I ORDER Contact Us
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Description Fenton Gold Crest Candlestick cornucopia # 951. In good condition.
Inventory #MS-951GC
Price $37.50 + S/H/I ORDER Contact Us
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Description: Fenton Blue Opalescent coindot creamer in good condition.
Inventory #1135-FG
Price $ 46.00 + S/H/I ORDER Contact Us
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Description: Fenton Cranberry Opalescent Hobnail 80oz. jug. Nice color and in good condition. PLEASE NOTE it doese have one hobnail with a small smooth chip off the side. It is low and near the bottom of the handle. Even though I know where it is at I still have a hard time finding it. You just can't find it by looking, it must be felt.
Inventory #1129-FG
Price $ 350.00 + S/H/I ORDER Contact Us
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Description: Emerald Crest comport. Made from 1948 - 1953. In very good condition.
Inventory #MS-125-nov
Price $ 45.00 + S/H/I ORDER Contact Us
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Description: Aqua Crest 6 inch footed vase. excellent condition.
Inventory #MS-444-FAC
Price $47.50 + S/H/I ORDER Contact Us
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Description: Silver crest covered candy dish (Unlisted in our fenton book). In very good condition. 9 1/2" tall to the top of the finial, 6 3/4" wide accross the bowl.
Inventory #MS-126-nov
Price $ 80.00 + S/H/I ORDER Contact Us
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Description: Rose overlay 7 inch basket in very good condition. Mold # 1924
Inventory #MS-124-nov
Price $ 75.00 + S/H/I ORDER Contact Us
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Description Fenton Blue iridescent CoinDot 8 1/2" tall vase. In good condition.
Inventory #MS-1173-IV
Price $ 85.00 + S/H/I ORDER Contact Us
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Description: Pair of Fenton Peach crest candlesticks made between 1941-1967. Fenton #7270. They stand 5" high and are in good condition.
Inventory #MS-467-pc
Price $ 87.00 + S/H/I ORDER Contact Us
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Description: Pair of Amber Overlay (commonly known as butterscotch) mini bud vases. They stand 4" high and are in good condition with a small burst bubble on the bottom edge of one. One of the vases still has it's original blue fenton sticker.
Inventory #MS-992-ao
Price $ 52.00 + S/H/I ORDER Contact Us
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Description: Aqua Crest 5" basket, fenton # 7236. The basket is in good condition.
Inventory #MS-2278-ac
Price $ 70.00 + S/H/I ORDER Contact Us
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Description Fenton Peach Crest small 5" basket #7235. In good condition.
Inventory #MS-1B
Price $ 60.00 + S/H/I ORDER Contact Us
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Description Fenton Blue Hobnail 7" Basket # 3837. In good condition.
Inventory #MS-155
Price $ 52.00 + S/H/I ORDER Contact Us
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Description: Fenton Blue opalescent hobnail water set. 80 oz. Jug pitcher and 8 tumblers. All are in great condition.
Inventory #MS-0601-WS
Price $ 500.00 + S/H/I ORDER Contact Us
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Description Fenton Peach Crest 7" Basket #7237. In good condition.
Inventory #MS-2b
Price $72.00 + S/H/I ORDER Contact Us
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Description: Early Opalescent Water set. The pitcher is very heavy and the tumblers are light. Maker unknown (could be early Fenton). Pitcher and 6 tumblers. Very good condition.
Inventory #MS-0606-WS
Price $ 550.00 + S/H/I ORDER Contact Us
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Description: Fenton Peach Crest 6 inch vase. excellent condition.
Inventory #MS-87-FPC
Price $ 25.00 + S/H/I ORDER Contact Us
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Description: Fenton Blue Opalescent Hobnail 5" Vase. In good condition
Inventory #MS 189
Price $55.00 + S/H/I ORDER Contact Us
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Description: Yellow overlay Basket. 11 inches tall and still has original Fenton sticker. Great condition.
Inventory #MS-01-FB
Price $ 42.00 + S/H/I ORDER Contact Us
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Description: Fenton Blue Overlay 10 inch basket. Excellent condition. 1943 - 1953.
Inventory #MS-02-FB
Price $ 90.00 + S/H/I ORDER Contact Us
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Description: Fenton Cranberry Opalescent Jack-in-the-pulpit vase. This is a post 1970 vase as it is signed Fenton in the glass on the bottom. It is just such a nice vase we could no pass it up. It stands just under 11 inches tall and is in very good condition.
Inventory #MS 00176
Price $150.00 + S/H/I ORDER Contact Us
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Description Fenton Blue overlay 5" vase #711 in Good Condition.
Inventory #MS-191
Price $ 55.00 + S/H/I ORDER Contact Us
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Description Signed post 1970 Fenton blue hobnail 6 inch
vase in good condition.
Inventory # 01237-FG
Price $ 18.00 + S/H/I SOLD
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Description: Aqua crest 1941 -1942. 7 inch bowl in excellent condition.
Inventory #MS-33-FAC
Price $ 19.00 + S/H/I SOLD
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Description: Silver crest cake stand. 5" tall and 13" accross. In very good condition.
Inventory #MS-127-nov
Price $ 50.00 + S/H/I SOLD
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Description: Fenton Cranberry Opalescent Coin-Dot 2 handled 8" Vase. This vase screams look at me!!! What an eye catcher. Great condition, deep cranberry color, good opalescents. I'm very sorry I could not get a better picture. The lighting was bad in the room.
Inventory #MS-0608-CD
Price $ 250.00 + S/H/I SOLD
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Description: Fenton Cranberry Opalescent Hobnail oil cruet with original stopper. In great condition.
Inventory #MS-0602-FH
Price $ 185.00 + S/H/I SOLD
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Description: Fenton Topaz Opalescent Coin Dot 6 inch vase #1456. Made between 1959 - 1961. In good condition.
Inventory #MS -0741-F
Price $100.00 + S/H/I SOLD
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Description: Carnival Glass. Wreath of Roses (Rose Wreath, American Beauty Roses) 2 handled Bonbon. Excellent condition. circa 1910
Inventory #MS113
Price $ 78.00 + S/H/I SOLD
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Description: Carnival Glass. Holly (Holly and Berries) Circa 1911. Bonbon. Excellent condition.
Inventory #MS106
Price $ 30.00 + S/H/I SOLD
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Description: Fenton Butterfly and Berry #1125 (Butterfly & Grape) 5 inch footed bowl in the color Golden. Circa 1911 - 1925. It is in good condition.
Inventory # JSM-160-CG
Price $ 35.00 + S/H/I SOLD
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Description: Rose overlay 5 inch basket in very good condition. It has a couple pieces of dirt in the glass from the making.
Inventory #MS-123-nov
Price $ 60.00 + S/H/I SOLD
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Description: Fenton Green Overlay 10 inch basket. excellent condition.
Inventory #MS-22-FGO
Price $ 65.00 + S/H/I SOLD
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Description: Opalescent Coin Dot Butterscotch Lamp. 17 1/2" tall. In good condition with some tarnish to the brass.
Inventory #MS148
Price $ 225.00 + S/H/I SOLD
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Description: Fenton Topaz Opalescent Coin Dot 8 inch vase #1458. Made between 1959 - 1961. In good condition.
Inventory #MS - 0740 -F
Price $ 200.00 + S/H/I SOLD
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Description: Fenton green overlay 4" melon mini bud vase. In good condition. Made between 1948 - 1953.
Inventory #MS-70118
Price $ 47.00 + S/H/I SOLD
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Description Fenton French Opalescent Hobnail perfume/cologne bottle. It stands 4 1/2" to the top of the stopper. In good condition.
Inventory #MS-186
Price $ 30.00 + S/H/I SOLD
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Description: Large Fenton Vaseline / Topaz Opalescent Hobnail Fan vase. 9" tall. In good condition.
Inventory #MS 1167
Price $145 .00 + S/H/I SOLD
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Description Small Fenton Amberina Hobnail Vase. It is 3 7/8" tall, in great condition and still has the Fenton blue & silver sticker.
Inventory #JM-331
Price $ 18.00 + S/H/I SOLD
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Description: Fenton Coin Dot Topaz 7.5 inch vase, #1457. Produced between 1959-1961. Considered Vaseline glass, glows under black light. It is in excellent condition.
Inventory #MS7432
Price $ 125.00 + S/H/I SOLD
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Description: Fenton blue opalescent hobnail 3 piece set, creamer, sugar, and covered mustard. Good condition.
Inventory #MS-101-FH
Price $ 45.00 + S/H/I SOLD
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Description: Fenton Cranberry Opalescent Hobnail 80 oz. Pitcher and 6 Barrel Tumblers. Great set in Great condition.
Inventory #MS-701-FWS
Price $ 650.00 + S/H/I SOLD
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Description: Fenton 8" Lime Green Opalescent Coin Dot Vase. Made from 1953 - 1954. Great condition! I don't understand why Fenton only made this color one year, It screams "Look At Me" from clear across the room. A real eye catcher.
Inventory #MS6521
Price $125.00 SOLD
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Description: Fenton Blue Opalescent Hobnail Dresser set. 1 powder dish with lid and 2 perfume/cologne bottles with stoppers. In good condition.
Inventory #MS 1003
Price $ 115.00 + S/H/I SOLD
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Description: Fenton Topaz Opalescent Coin Dot 4 inch rose bowl #1425. Made between 1959 - 1961. In good condition.
Inventory #MS -0742-F
Price $ 85.00 + S/H/I SOLD
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Description: Fenton blue ribbed optic 11" tall vase. Signed on the bottom. Shallow burst bubble on the inside of the ruffled rim. Otherwise in good condition.
Inventory #SEM-690
Price $ 35.00 + S/H/I SOLD
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Description: Blue overlay vase. 3 3/4" tall. excellent condition.
Inventory #MS-256-BO
Price $18.00 + S/H/I SOLD
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Description: Fenton Cranberry thumb print 6-1/2" pree logo bowl in very good condition.
Inventory #01226-FG
Price $ 40.00 + S/H/I SOLD
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Description: Blue overlay Jug, Squat. excellent condition.
Inventory #MS-521-FBO
Price $ 20.00 + S/H/I SOLD
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Description: Aqua Crest 4 inch vase. excellent condition.
Inventory #MS-774-FAC
Price $ 15.00 + S/H/I SOLD
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Description: Fenton Silver Crest 7 inch vase in excellent condition.
Inventory #MS-93-FSC
Price $18.00 + S/H/I SOLD
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Description: Fenton Moon Stone cream pitcher. Great condition.
Inventory #MS-12-FMS
Price $15 .00 + S/H/I SOLD
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Description: Pink Overlay Powder Jar with lid. Great Condition.
Inventory #MS-052-FPC
Price $ 45.00 + S/H/I SOLD
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Description: Coinspot lamp. 13 1/2 inches tall. Good condition with some tarnish to the brass.
Inventory #MS-149
Price $ 75.00 + S/H/I SOLD
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History of the Fenton Art Glass Company
(written from information we found in "The Big Book of Fenton Glass", by John Walk, Published by Schiffer Publishing Ltd.)
The Fenton Art Glass Company was organized in April 1905, in Martins Ferry, Ohio, by Brothers Robert, John, and Frank M. Fenton. It started as a decorating firm, buying other companies glasses, decorating them, and then selling the painted glassware. As the Fentons' became more competitive with their own suppliers, it became necessary for the Fenton Glass Company to Manufacture their own glass.
In January 1907, the Fenton Glass Company opened their factory in Williamstown, West Virginia, on the site of their present factory. Their first factory manager was Jacob Rosenthal, the creator of Chocolate Glass and Golden Agate. Rosenthal was formerly with the Northwood Glass Company and was a cousin of the Fenton Family.
At their start of manufacturing glass, the Fenton brothers began with the lucrative Canival and Opalescent Glass markets and acquired large contracts with Butler's Bros. and Woolworths. Over the next 20 years, the Fenton Glass Company continued to prosper.
In the late 1920's a decline began which resulted in most critical period of the company's history. Sales dropped to an all time low in 1933, causing the Fentons' to consider closing their doors. Instead, the factory lowered expenses, employees' wages, and put off improvements in the factory. Money was borrowed from everywhere and insurance policies were mortgaged as orders slowed.
In the 1930s, Fenton turned away from Carnival glass. The company started a line of stretch glass, (a type of metallic sprayed glass closely resembling Carnival Glass) and entered into the colored Depression Glass field in the early 1930s. Also added to the Fenton line was a grouping of Opaque colors that became quite popular, including Jade Green, Mongolian Green, Mandarin Red, Periwinkle Blue, Chinese Yellow, Ebony Black, and the now elusive colors of Flame and Lilac. A line of Satin Etch items was introduced in the mid-1930s as the Opaque colors dropped off in popularity.
It was in 1933 that Fenton began its line of mixing bowls and reamers for the Doromeyer Company to sell with its electric egg beaters. That account is what kept Fenton from folding during the depression.
A cologne bottle, a copy of the old Hobnail pattern they tried in the late 1930s, pulled the Fenton Art Glass Company from the depths of the depression and into economic renewal. It was in 1936 that L. G. Wright, a jobber based in New Martinsville, West Virginia, (who used Fenton to make glass from molds he bought from folding companies), brought in a mold of an old Hobb's Company Barber Bottle, hoping that Fenton could make a reproduction of it for his wholesale business. Through a chance of fate, a buyer for Wrisley Cologne saw the finished bottle and asked if it could be mass produced. The original bottle was too expensive produce, but it could be changed a little to cut cost and the No. 289 bottle was born. The bottles were shipped to Wrisley, who test marketed them in 1938. The results surprised both Fenton and Wristley. The No.289 bottle sold better than they ever imagined, and Fenton could not keep up with demand. With the Wristley and Doromeyer accounts, Fenton was quickly prospering again.
After seeing the success of the hobnail cologne bottle, Fenton began a complete line in 1939. The hobnail line has become a company top seller ever since, by far outlasting the Wrisley defection to a machine made Milk Glass bottle in the early 1940s.
Surprisingly, World War II brought a huge rise to Fenton's business in spite of labor and materials shortages. Some lines, such as Topaz Hobnail and Ivory Crest, were completely dropped due to mineral shortages. Other lines were put on hold until materials were once again available.
It was in the 1940s that Ables,Wassenberg, & Co. of New York started to buy Fenton products to decorate, just as Fenton had done in its beginning.
In 1948, the Fenton Company suffered a double loss when Frank M. Fenton died in May, followed by his brother Robert in November. This threw Wilmer C. and Frank L. Fenton, Frank Fenton's sons, instantly into running the company. Rumors spread quickly during this time that the company was in trouble and planned to fold, causing several major shareholders to sell their stock, which the younger Fenton brothers wisely bought in the wake of the turmoil.
In the early 1950s it was decided to drop the independent jobbers,(individuals who bought Fenton glassware and sold it to stores that were not authorized Fenton dealers). These independent jobbers were, in a sense direct competition with the factory authorized stores. Though this caused some hard feelings with some long time customers, the decision is one of the main reasons for Fentons survival today.
At a time when hand made glass companies were closing rapidly, Fenton chose to grow to compete with the remaining old glass companies and to preserve the sales they had built up over the years during the war. According to an expert in the glass business, the new owners were young and inexperienced and the stockholders had lost faith. But by breaking completely with the past, the Fenton Company was able to push ahead. Business procedures were updated, new lines were developed, public relations were promoted, new equipment was bought, and new buildings were built. The product was also improved and strengthened until Fenton was proclaimed as the finest handmade glass in the United States.
The late 1950s and early 1960s saw rapid rises in sales which even surprised the Fentons. During the mid 1960s, Fenton took advantage of its sales growth to expand its factory and offices. Many new employees were added to expand the sales force and management of the company. The 1960s were banner years for Fenton.
In the late 1960s Fenton again turned to hand decorating after a lapse of over sixty years, with the able hands of Louis Piper and Tony Rosano, who quickly expanded that department into a profitable and long lasting venture. In 1970 Fenton announced the reintroduction of Carnival Glass, which had not been produced by Fenton since the 1920s. To ensure the value of the old pieces, Fenton embossed its name in the new pieces, a practice the company ultimately extended to all their glassware. Adding to the strong sales of Carnival Glass in the 1970s were the reintroduction of the Burmese treatment, the development of the Roselene color and the popular line of Satin Custard colors, along with Milk Glass in Hobnail, Silver crest, and the still popular Cranberry Opalescent Hobnail.
In the late 1970s, the collector's appeal proved so popular that a collectors club was organized and is now going strong, holding annual conventions in Williamstown every summer. The Fenton Museum, dedicated to Fenton Glassware and all glass companies in the upper Ohio valley, was opened on the 2nd floor of the Fenton factory, in 1977.
As we deal mostly in older Fenton we will stop the company history at this point. Fenton is still to this day one of the best glass makers in the world and is known world wide.
We would strongly suggest anyone who loves Fenton Glass buy the books on Fenton, "The Big Book of Fenton Glass", by John Walk. We use them a lot in our shop both for identification and pricing. They are published by Schiffer Pulishing Ltd. 4880 Lower Valley Road, Atglen, Pa. 19310 or e-mail; Schifferbk@aol.com for your copy today. They also have many other top quality collectors books to choose from.
We hope you have enjoyed this partial history.
Have a great day and check out the clubs below.
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Fenton Glass Collectors Clubs
If your Fenton Club is not listed here, e-mail us the information.
National Fenton Glass Society. Contact: P. O. Box 4008, Marietta OH 45750. F. Ehrsam 419-836-6214
Pacific Northwest Fenton Assn. Contact: P. O. Box 881, Tillamook, OR 97141. 503-842-4815
Fenton Art Glass Collectors of America, Inc. Contact: Box 384, Williamstown, WV 26187
Fenton Finders of the Twin City Area meets monthly. Contact: Randy 612-639-1841 after 6 pm
Fenton Finders of Michigan meets 4th Tues, except July & Aug, 7:30 pm, Riley Junior High School, 15555 Henry Ruff, 1/2 blk north of 5 Mile Rd., Room 7, Livonia. Contact: D. Frazee, 313-427-6929
Fenton Finders of Illiana (Illinois & Indiana) meets 4 times year, members homes. Contact: D. Nielsen, 1101 Maple Ave., LaPorte, IN 46350. 219-362-7205
Fenton Finders of Tampa Bay meets 1st Sat, St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Gulf to Bay and Saturn Ave, 2nd Floor, Education Bldg., Clearwater Fla.
Fenton Finders of N. California meets 4th Tues, 7:30, Jan, Mar, May, July, Sept, Nov. Contact: L. Parker 415-523-4870
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